News from Heart of Hastings!
Still not clear what the Trinity Triangle is and where it came from? Heart of Hastings (HoH) have just launched a community archive with everything you need to know. The website is designed to share your memories, photos and more,…
Meeting the Duke
The country seems to divide fairly clearly between those who support the monarchy, those who are against the monarchy – and those who aren’t really bothered one way or the other. I’m one of those in the middle, and like…
Environmental Fun in the Sun
Spring is here and if you like beachcombing as well as organis-ing and categorising things, Strandliners could be the group for you. Founded in 2012 and incorporated in 2018 as a community interest company, Strandliners is an all-volunteer grassroots organisation…
The Importance of Independent Local Journalism
Journalism has come under the spotlight over the last few years, particularly the lack of reliable sources of information in the corporate media. More recently the spotlight has been on the lack of good local journalism, and the way this…
Exploring Hastings
Social media is full of interesting rabbit holes to investigates but there’s no time to go down them all. One that recently caught my eye was a post by Urban Explorers UK about the Clock House in Maze Hill, close…
576 People Eat the Rainbow to Raise Money
During the Summer months Hastings Adventure Golf created a gelato ice cream to honour our NHS workers. It was a creamy vanilla-based gelato with skittles and coloured syrup throughout, aptly named, Eat the rainbow, their take on the Skittles advert…
Paid work for musicians!
The Trinity Triangle Heritage Action Zone is a four-year, community-led, regeneration programme supported by Historic England to breathe new life into an historic part of Hastings town centre, the Trinity Triangle and America Ground. As part of the scheme, Project…
Rat invasion?
I’ve already experienced the horrors of rats with two very large rats taking up residence in my house on two separate occasions. Both times it seems that a rat had wandered in through the back door and decided to stay.…
Antisemitism: Local and national
On 21st October Hastings Borough Council adopted the working definition of antisemitism developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The working definition comes with eleven examples that are intended to clarify its application, such as: “Accusing Jews as a…
A horse called Arthur
During lockdown Suzanne Bunton was inspired by Captain Tom Moore’s fundraiser for the NHS and decided that she and her wonderful horse, Arthur, could cover 50 miles of laps around his fields in the month of September on foot ;…